Thursday, December 8, 2011

Dark Horses

The story is about a man named Brady. It is unclear what country he is from but he lives on a farm with cows and horses.  The story starts with Brady dreaming of a woman he is in love with and how she comes back into Brady's life. He awakens from this dream and goes about his morning rituals of getting dressed and having some tea. He starts to think about what he needs to do that day and then we are introduced to a man named Leyden. He is the owner of the farm and Brady works for him. Leyden and Brady go off and purchase horses from a man named Big Sean.
The story then shifts and the readers have an image of Brady walking into a diner. He sits by the window and flashes back to a night in Cootehill. That night he met a woman and throughout the night they talked, drank, and danced. They then spent the night together. Then the story goes back to the diner where Leyden shows up and the begin to dark. Brady tells Leyden and he and the woman fought about the horse she owned. He didn't want to commit to the woman and wanted to get rid of the horse. (however, he said this while intoxicated).
The story concludes with Brady returning home and getting into bed and he wishes again that the woman would come back. He imagines her with him and that they are lying together while her dark horse is grazing in his fields.

1 comment:

  1. I remember this one, too, Sarah. It's a heartbreaking story. Keegan is so good at capturing loneliness and longing. Proofread!

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